AuthorTopic: Too optimistic? (Read 1521 times)

i was similar to you- 167 and 3.86 GPA. i think youd be silly to not apply anywhere- its all very very random once you hit the 166-169 LSAT range, no one is a shoo-in and no one is for sure gon get rejected.

i can tell you that Fordham and BC should be safe bets, but I know of some scary stories (esp at BC) so Id find another acceptable backup. And Id also look at that gap between Columbia/NYU and Fordham- there are 25 schools in there, and if any are right for you id get an app to them asap.

I do wanna caution you that i thought 167 was a nightmare LSAT score bec I could NEVER tell whre i was gon get in- I was rejected at Georgetown and my alma mater, NYU, but I was waitlisted at Columbia and Harvard, accepted at Cornell, Michigan and (now im at) Penn.

so you just dont know and if you can afford it, blanketing the t14 is a good idea. id also recommend gettin your applications in asap, esp at some places like gtown who are big into that sorta thing.

Thanks for all of the input. Hearing about similar experiences has helped very much. I was able to squeeze some cash from the parental units by explaining the fee waiver process, so I will probably be applying to more schools now.

This possibility brings up a new dilemma. I'm not too keen on Cornell and I can't live in Tennessee so Vandy is out. Duke seems like it would be a good fit in terms of numbers and location. One MAJOR problem: I grew up in Connecticut as a UConn basketball fan and I continue to follow the team mercilessly. For anyone who is familiar with NCAA basketball, UConn and Duke are bitter rivals. Now, I would love to be able to attend some kickass bball games at Cameron but I could never support Duke's team and respect myself. Would attending Duke be completely unethical?